Apparatus for condensing steam



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No. 524,569. Patented Aug.- 14, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARRENWEBSTER, or MEROEANTVILLE, NEW JERsEY.

APPARATUS FOR CONDENSING STEAM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,569, dated August 14, 1894.

Application filed October 6, 1892. Serial No. 447,999. (No model.)

To dZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN WEBSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merchantville, in the county of Camden, State-of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Condensing Steam, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompany- My invention relates to an improvement in apparatus for condensing steam, and consists in adaptingsuch apparatus to eifect condensation by the action of the atmosphere or atmospheric air which is directed against the pipe or pipes or other receptacle or receptacles into which the steam is admitted so as to reduce the temperature thereof.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of an apparatus for condensing steam embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a verti cal section thereof, on line 00, 00, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 represent horizontal sections on lines respectively 1 y, and z, 2, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of portion of the lower end of the apparatus detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings: A designates an exhaust head formed of the pipes B, which are exposed to the atmosphere, and communicate at opposite ends with thechambers G and D respectively. Leading into the chamber D and having its upper end above the bottom of said chamber is the steam supply pipe E, above which is the hood F, which perunits the steam to escape into said chamber D, but prevents the return of the water of condensation into said pipe E. The chamber D is provided with an outlet or drain pipe G,- whereby the water of condensation may be collected or directed elsewhere, as required for use. Within the chamber G is supported an inverted conical vessel or trap H, whose bottom has an opening to return the water of condensation that is collected by said vessel into the chamber 0, said vessel being below the discharge openingJ of the chamber 0.

The operation is as follows: Exhaust steam is directed by the pipe E into the chamber D, and from thence into the pipes B. Now

as the latter are exposed to the atmosphere, and air circulates freely around the same, 1t is evident that the steam will be condensed in the pipes, the water of condensation then bottom thereof, and so enter the chamber 0 from whence it is directed through the pipes B into the bottom chamber D.

When the apparatus is placed outside of a building the natural draft or a good circulation of airis ordinarily sufficient to cause condensation, but when these do not exist the apparatus may be made effective by mechanical means, such as a fan or blower for directing a large volume of cold or fresh air freely against and around the pipes B,and thus cause the latter to maintain a low temperature, the effect of which is evident. The conical vessel H also, serves to deflect the water and steam that might be forced through the pipes B into the chamber 0, preventing a straight course to the air so that the water will drop and the vapors pass on to the air in case of a surplus.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus for condensing steam, a bead formed of a series of pipes exposed to the atmosphere, chambers connected with the ends of said pipes, a steam pipe extending into one of said chambers above the bottom thercof, and having a hood extending over said end, a drain pipe leading from said chamber, an opening in the end of the other cham- 9 ber, and a trap with openings in its bottom in the latter mentioned chamber, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. An apparatus for condensing steam conpipes B, the chambers C and D connected 0, said parts being combined substantially with the ends of said pipes, the inlet pipes as described. E projecting into the chamber D, the hood extending over the end of said pipe E, the WARREN TEES 5 drain pipe G leading from said chamber D, Witnesses:

and the trap H constructed substantially as JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, shown below the opening J in the chamber A. P. JENNINGS.

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 524,569.

I It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 524,569, granted August 14:, 189i, upon the application of Warren Webster, of Merehantville, New Jersey, for an improvement in Apparatus for Condensing Steam, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows viz: In line 89, page 1, the word head should read head, and in line 2, page 2, the word pipes following the word inlet should read pipe,- and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 11th day of September, A. D. 1894.

JNO. M. REYNOLDS, Assistant Secretmy of the Interior.

[SEAL] )ountersigned S. T. FISHER.

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

